It’s no wonder that confused cat looks so bewildered – he’s probably just trying to talk to you.

That’s according to a leading vet, who believes that cats can speak, and it’s just that useless humans can’t understand what they’re saying.

Speaking at the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants’ 2015 Feline Behaviour Conference (and breath), Dr Sharon Crowell- Davis, a leading professor of veterinary behaviour at the University of Georgia, explained that cats are nearly always trying to capture our attention.

My son's cat talks to me every single day and the meows are different. For instance, in the early morning as I am getting ready for work, she follows me around and meows in a cooing way for affection. Her meow to get outside is longer and louder. Her meow for me to give her a piece of my cheese that I am eating is more of a desperate/excited sounding meow.